About Burka Village

Burka is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 79 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	75 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	79
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burka compares

By the 2011 count Burka is the 90th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Burka

Burka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Burka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Burka from other places

Burka lies about 18 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Burka
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	12 km
District headquarters	Khunti	18 km

Villages closest to Burka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Torpa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Burka

As per the Census of India 2011, Burka village had a population of 147. That makes it the 90th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Burka village has 79 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burka has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Burka is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burka covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Burka falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Burka is Govindpur Road, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Burka.

Burka is about 18 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burka is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 7.0 km away. Govindpur Road is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.